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Missing toddler's mom wants answers

Ayla Reynold's reported missing Dec. 17

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Updated: 2:42 PM EDT Mar 29, 2012

20-month-old toddler Ayla Reynolds went missing from her father's home in Waterville on December 17, 2011. In the year that she is missing, State Police say they no longer believe the toddler is alive but say the case remains open and active. No arrests have been made.

Missing toddler's mom wants answers

Ayla Reynold's reported missing Dec. 17

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Updated: 2:42 PM EDT Mar 29, 2012

PORTLAND, Maine —

The mother of a Maine toddler missing since December says she was in denial for months but has come to accept the possibilities of what may have happened.

Trista Reynolds of Portland says she continues to pray for Ayla's safe return but needs answers - good or bad - about her daughter's fate.

Ayla was 20 months old when she was last seen in her father's home on the night of Dec. 16 in Waterville. Ayla's second birthday is next week.

Reynolds says she believes Ayla's father, Justin DiPietro, knows more than he's telling investigators. Investigators also believe DiPietro and two other adults in the home that night haven't told them all that they know. So far, there have been no arrests - and no signs of Ayla.